There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
SALTIMBANCO
Etymology
Noun
saltimbanco (plural saltimbancos)
A quack doctor, a fraud.
Synonyms: mountebank, quack
Source: Wiktionary
Sal`tim*ban"co, n. Etym: [It., literally, one who leaps or mounts upon a bench; saltare to leap + in in, upon + banco a bench.]
Definition: A mountebank; a quack. [Obs.] [Written also santibanco.] Saltimbancos, quacksalvers, and charlatans. Sir T. browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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